There's a definite skill to carving the perfect pumpkin, but in order to make sure yours stands out from the crowd this Halloween, it's always a good idea to have some solid inspiration - and what better medium to turn to than video games?

The pumpkins shown here are some of the best examples we found online, and successfully combine the spirit of Nintendo with the year's spookiest night. Enjoy.

This Zelda effort comes from serial pumpkin carver joh-wee, who has turned the process into something akin to an art form.

This Bowser pumpkin is sure to keep pesky plumbers from dropping by your house for trick or treats.

Damien has over a decade of professional writing experience under his belt, as well as a repulsively hairy belly. Rumours that he turned down a role in The Hobbit to work on Nintendo Life are, to the best of our knowledge, completely and utterly unfounded.

oh cool, joh-wee's pumpkins have showed up here too. I always recognize her pumpkins right away and its funny when people are like "omg look at these pumpkins (she does a lot of watermelon ones too btw)" and i'm like "lol i've been watching this person's deviantart for years"

The bottom ones are easy to do. In fact, I've done Mario, Bowser, and Wario. There's a website called Zombie Pumpkins or something like that, where you download the print. Print it out, tape it on your pumpkin, then punch little wholes around the outlines, making it easy to cut out in a "connect the dots" kind of way.